2008 Losail Superbike World Championship round

The 2008 Losail Superbike World Championship round was the opening round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of February 21–23, 2008 at the 5.38 km Losail International Circuit in Qatar.

  2008 Qatar Superbike World Championship round

Round details
Round 1 of 14 rounds in the 2008 Superbike World Championship. and Round 1 of 13 rounds in the 2008 Supersport World Championship.
Next round → Australia
Date	February 23, 2008
Location	Losail Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position Troy Corser 1'58.053 Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2 Noriyuki Haga Fonsi Nieto 1'59.217 1'59.156
Supersport World Championship
Pole position Fabien Foret 2'01.928 Fastest lap Fabien Foret 2'02.626

Superbike race 1 classification

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	21	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 1098 F08	18	36:11.468	7	25
2	3	Max Biaggi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	18	+0.396	3	20
3	11	Troy Corser	Yamaha YZF-R1	18	+1.878	1	16
4	111	Rubén Xaus	Ducati 1098 RS 08	18	+4.487	2	13
5	76	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R1000	18	+7.505	4	11
6	7	Carlos Checa	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+9.639	9	10
7	10	Fonsi Nieto	Suzuki GSX-R1000	18	+9.725	11	9
8	34	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki GSX-R1000	18	+19.537	8	8
9	84	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati 1098 F08	18	+23.156	10	7
10	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098 RS 08	18	+24.429	12	6
11	44	Roberto Rolfo	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+27.595	15	5
12	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+27.979	14	4
13	36	Gregorio Lavilla	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+28.237	13	3
14	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha YZF-R1	18	+30.205	6	2
15	55	Régis Laconi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	18	+31.882	25	1
16	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	18	+32.067	5
17	31	Karl Muggeridge	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+40.745	18
18	86	Ayrton Badovini	Kawasaki ZX-10R	18	+41.280	16
19	13	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Kawasaki ZX-10R	18	+41.333	21
20	194	Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha YZF-R1	18	+41.743	17
21	38	Shinichi Nakatomi	Yamaha YZF-R1	18	+43.183	26
22	23	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+43.569	20
23	94	David Checa	Yamaha YZF-R1	18	+43.892	19
24	83	Russell Holland	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+50.380	22
25	88	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+1:12.884	27
Ret	22	Luca Morelli	Honda CBR1000RR	12	Retirement	24
Ret	77	Loic Napoleone	Yamaha YZF-R1	12	Retirement	28
Ret	100	Makoto Tamada	Kawasaki ZX-10R	5	Retirement	23

Superbike race 2 classification

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	10	Fonsi Nieto	Suzuki GSX-R1000	18	36:12.963	11	25
2	111	Rubén Xaus	Ducati 1098 RS 08	18	+0.301	2	20
3	3	Max Biaggi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	18	+1.321	3	16
4	21	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 1098 F08	18	+6.452	7	13
5	84	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati 1098 F08	18	+7.627	10	11
6	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	18	+9.117	5	10
7	11	Troy Corser	Yamaha YZF-R1	18	+10.806	1	9
8	76	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R1000	18	+11.661	4	8
9	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098 RS 08	18	+13.269	12	7
10	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+14.563	14	6
11	7	Carlos Checa	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+15.953	9	5
12	100	Makoto Tamada	Kawasaki ZX-10R	18	+16.748	23	4
13	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha YZF-R1	18	+18.356	6	3
14	36	Gregorio Lavilla	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+26.311	13	2
15	44	Roberto Rolfo	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+26.560	15	1
16	55	Régis Laconi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	18	+26.683	25
17	86	Ayrton Badovini	Kawasaki ZX-10R	18	+26.821	16
18	194	Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha YZF-R1	18	+28.650	17
19	23	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+33.150	20
20	31	Karl Muggeridge	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+36.656	18
21	83	Russell Holland	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+42.633	22
22	88	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+55.352	27
Ret	13	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Kawasaki ZX-10R	17	Accident	21
Ret	38	Shinichi Nakatomi	Yamaha YZF-R1	11	Retirement	26
Ret	77	Loic Napoleone	Yamaha YZF-R1	9	Accident	28
Ret	94	David Checa	Yamaha YZF-R1	8	Retirement	19
Ret	22	Luca Morelli	Honda CBR1000RR	4	Retirement	24
Ret	34	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki GSX-R1000	0	Accident	8

Supersport race classification

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	23	Broc Parkes	Yamaha YZF-R6	18	37:05.271	5	25
2	26	Joan Lascorz	Honda CBR600RR	18	+0.048	6	20
3	18	Craig Jones	Honda CBR600RR	18	+0.755	2	16
4	25	Josh Brookes	Honda CBR600RR	18	+9.502	12	13
5	14	Matthieu Lagrive	Honda CBR600RR	18	+11.962	3	11
6	77	Barry Veneman	Suzuki GSX-R600	18	+17.428	13	10
7	127	Robbin Harms	Honda CBR600RR	18	+17.660	22	9
8	44	David Salom	Yamaha YZF-R6	18	+17.888	9	8
9	9	Chris Walker	Kawasaki ZX-6R	18	+25.883	20	7
10	105	Gianluca Vizziello	Honda CBR600RR	18	+32.236	16	6
11	38	Gregory Leblanc	Honda CBR600RR	18	+32.573	17	5
12	47	Ivan Clementi	Triumph 675	18	+35.117	8	4
13	17	Miguel Praia	Honda CBR600RR	18	+36.390	18	3
14	31	Vesa Kallio	Honda CBR600RR	18	+36.608	23	2
15	21	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Kawasaki ZX-6R	18	+37.096	19	1
16	83	Didier van Keymeulen	Suzuki GSX-R600	18	+38.526	27
17	37	William de Angelis	Honda CBR600RR	18	+42.675	26
18	4	Lorenzo Alfonsi	Kawasaki ZX-6R	18	+43.375	24
19	32	Mirko Giansanti	Honda CBR600RR	18	+44.319	25
20	51	Santiago Barragan	Honda CBR600RR	18	+45.924	30
21	57	Ilario Dionisi	Triumph 675	18	+47.277	29
22	72	Attila Magda	Honda CBR600RR	18	+1:24.963	34
23	199	Danilo dell'Omo	Honda CBR600RR	18	+1:25.440	33
24	888	Josep Pedro Subirats	Yamaha YZF-R6	17	+1 Lap	36
Ret	99	Fabien Foret	Yamaha YZF-R6	17	Retirement	1
Ret	75	Luka Nedog	Honda CBR600RR	15	Accident	32
Ret	24	Garry McCoy	Triumph 675	7	Retirement	7
Ret	15	Gergő Talmácsi	Honda CBR600RR	7	Retirement	35
Ret	8	Mark Aitchison	Triumph 675	6	Accident	11
Ret	81	Graeme Gowland	Honda CBR600RR	6	Retirement	15
Ret	121	Arnaud Vincent	Kawasaki ZX-6R	5	Retirement	31
Ret	65	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR600RR	1	Retirement	4
Ret	88	Andrew Pitt	Honda CBR600RR	1	Retirement	10
Ret	61	Andrea Antonelli	Honda CBR600RR	0	Retirement	21
Ret	69	Gianluca Nannelli	Honda CBR600RR	0	Retirement	14
Ret	55	Massimo Roccoli	Yamaha YZF-R6	0	Retirement	28